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Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Caprimulgiformes
family
Caprimulgidae
genus
Caprimulgus
species
Caprimulgus europaeus

Name

Homonyms
Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Chotacabras Gris in Spanish
Chotacabras europeo in Spanish
Engoulevent d'Europe in French
Engoulevent d'Europe in French
Eurasian Nightjar in English
Eurasian Nightjar in language.
Eurasian nightjar in English
Eurasian nightjar in language.
European Nightjar in English
European Nightjar in English
European Nightjar in English
European Nightjar in English
European Nightjar in English
European Nightjar in English
European nightjar in English
European nightjar in English
Europese Naguil in Afrikaans
Fléimouk in Luxembourgish
Kehrääjä in Finnish
Lappantyú in Hungarian
Lelek in Polish
Lelek lesní in Czech
Nachtzwaluw in Dutch
Nachtzwaluw in Dutch
Natravn in Danish
Natravn in Danish
Natravn in Danish
Nattravn in Norwegian
Nattravn in Norwegian
Nattskärra in Swedish
Nightjar in English
Noitibo-da-europa in Portuguese
Noitibó da Europa in Portuguese
Succiacapre in Italian
Succiacapre in Italian
Vakarlepis, lelis in Latvian
Ziegenmelker in German
Ziegenmelker in German
Ziegenmelker in German
Ziegenmelker in language.
Ziegenmelker in German
enganyapastors comú in Catalan–Valencian
engoulevent d`europe in French
europinis lėlys in Lithuanian
kehrääjä in Finnish
lappantyú in Hungarian
lelek (zwyczajny) in Polish
lelek lesní in Czech
lelek lesný in Slovak
nachtzwaluw in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Avibase - the world bird database.
  2. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  3. Gärdenfors (ed.) (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  4. Gärdenfors (ed.) (1899-12-31 23:00:00) The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species
  5. Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 17 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifteen genera of the class Aves, the type species of each of which was determined by Linnean tautonymy (Direction supplementary to Opinion 16).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C.8), 89-112 (1955)
  7. Lorgé P., C. Redel, E. Kirsch, K. Kieffer. Die Rote Liste der Brutvögel Luxemburgs. 2019 Centrale Ornithologique Luxembourg https://www.naturemwelt.lu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Rote-Liste-pL-09-2019.pdf
  8. SOF (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
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